Word Classes

Question 1

Preposition

Answer 1

a word that connects a noun, a noun phrase, or a pronoun to another word, ——– to a verb, another noun, or an adjective.

In the sentence, “We jumped in the lake,” “in” is a preposition, and in the sentence, “I heard the sound of loud music,” “of” is a preposition.

Question 2

Adjective

Answer 2

It describes a noun.

In the sentence ‘ the blue car drove past ‘ blue is the adjective.
In the sentence ‘ the nice boy gave his friend a hug ‘ nice is the adjective.

Question 3

Adverb

Answer 3

a word or phrase that modifies or qualifies an adjective, verb, or other adverb or a word group, expressing a relation of place, time, circumstance, manner, cause, degree, etc. (e.g., gently, quite, then, there ).

Question 4

Verb

Answer 4

a word used to describe an action, state, or occurrence,

E.g. hear, become, happen, walked.

Question 5

Noun

Answer 5

a word (other than a pronoun) used to identify any of a class of people, places, or things (common noun), or to name a particular one of these (proper noun).

Question 6

Pronoun

Answer 6

any of a small set of words (such as I, she, he, you, it, we, or they) in a language that are used as substitutes for nouns or noun phrases and whose referents are named or understood in the context

Question 7

Determiner

Answer 7

a modifying word that determines the kind of reference a noun or noun group has, for example

A-boy
THE-girl
EVERY-school

Question 8

Conjunction

Answer 8

a word used to connect clauses or sentences or to coordinate words in the same clause (e.g. and, but, if ).

Question 9

Proper noun

Answer 9

A proper noun is a noun that serves as the name for a specific place, person, or thing.
Eg. Theme park- (noun) DisneyLand- (proper noun)

Question 10

Abstract noun

Answer 10

a noun denoting an idea, quality, or state rather than a concrete object, e.g. truth, danger, happiness.